PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Bullwinkle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Rackham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rocky Bullwinkle has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Bullwinkle
vs
Rackham

190 cm
22
150 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

170 cm
22
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Experienced

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rocky Bullwinkle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Rackham!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rackham avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rackham circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bullwinkle tries to clinch up.
Rackham swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bullwinkle misses with a body shot.
Bullwinkle looks to land a combination but Rackham avoids it well.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Rackham's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bullwinkle looks to throw the jab but Rackham is out of range.
Bullwinkle misses with a leg kick
and Rackham makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rackham blocks a head kick by Bullwinkle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rackham scores with a jab.
Bullwinkle moves out of range of the leg kick from Rackham.
Rackham swats away the attempt to clinch by Bullwinkle.
Bullwinkle lands a high kick!

It looks like Jack Rackham has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rackham lands with a straight right. Bullwinkle didn't see that one coming.
Bullwinkle throws a hook to the side of Rackham's head but Rackham sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The fighters circling - Bullwinkle throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rackham lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bullwinkle circles away quickly and effectively.
Bullwinkle throws a lazy head kick
and Rackham counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bullwinkle moves in looking to clinch but Rackham pushes him off.
Bullwinkle wants to clinch but Rackham slips to the side
and Rackham counters with a nice body shot.
Bullwinkle scores with a head kick.
Bullwinkle closes the distance but Rackham moves to the side
and Rackham counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Bullwinkle clinches up with Rackham and pushes him back against the cage.

Rackham's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Left hook, right uppercut from Rackham.

It looks like Rocky Bullwinkle has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Bullwinkle darts in and clinches Rackham up against the cage.
Rackham tries to break free but Bullwinkle pushes him back against the cage.

Rackham breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bullwinkle tests Rackham's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rackham misses with a body shot.
We've been told by Bullwinkle's head coaches at White's ELITE Fitness Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Bullwinkle throws a body shot but no joy.
Rackham avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bullwinkle is looking to clinch.
Bullwinkle misses the shot to the body.
Rackham misses with an uppercut. Bullwinkle saw that one coming.
Bullwinkle tries to clinch
and Rackham cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bullwinkle closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bullwinkle tries to close the distance and clinch but Rackham swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bullwinkle takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bullwinkle with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Bullwinkle moves into range and clinches up with Rackham.
Bullwinkle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rackham has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bullwinkle throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bullwinkle is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bullwinkle wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rackham has him pressed against the cage.
Bullwinkle really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bullwinkle lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bullwinkle wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bullwinkle lands a left hand.
We've been informed that Rackham has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Bullwinkle with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Rackham breaks from the clinch.
Rackham missing with a left hand there. Bullwinkle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bullwinkle throwing a counter right hand but Rackham manages to avoid it.
Rackham looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rackham stuffs the takedown attempt from Bullwinkle. Bullwinkle gets slowly back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bullwinkle throws a jab but it's blocked by Rackham.
Rackham connects with a jab.
Rackham slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bullwinkle tries a head kick but it misses.
Rackham is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Bullwinkle avoids a punch combination nicely.
It looked like Bullwinkle was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Rackham lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bullwinkle at a distance.
Bullwinkle tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rackham looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bullwinkle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rackham.
Rocky Bullwinkle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bullwinkle takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bullwinkle is looking to clinch.
Rackham looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rackham feints and then cracks Bullwinkle's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bullwinkle down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Rackham dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Rackham fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bullwinkle checks it well.
Rackham takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bullwinkle connects with a nice looking jab.
Rackham keeps the fight on the outside.
A countering left hand to the body from Rackham misses.
Rackham throws a good cross that connects.
Bullwinkle tries to close the distance and clinch but Rackham swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bullwinkle!
Bullwinkle tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rackham swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bullwinkle misses with a double jab

and Rackham counters with a nice double leg into side control. Bullwinkle won't be happy with that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bullwinkle is letting Rackham control him for a moment.
Bullwinkle knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rackham on the ground.
Rackham connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Bullwinkle some visible discomfort.
Rackham cracks Bullwinkle with a big right hand but Bullwinkle just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rackham working the ground and pound.

Bullwinkle is rocked!
Rackham is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Oh Bullwinkle is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rackham scores with punches from side control.
Bullwinkle taking punishment in the form of punches.
Rackham lands a strong strike to the head of Bullwinkle. That's dazed him! Rackham looking to finish here. Bullwinkle is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Rackham lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Rackham!
Jack Rackham decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.